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Clyde Fairfax ‘Dixie’ Wilmeth Jr. WILMINGTON — Clyde Fairfax “Dixie” Wilmeth Jr., 89, peacefully passed away Monday, April 19, 2021, at home. He was born Nov. 18, 1931, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Clyde F. Wilmeth Sr. and Flora Moore Wilmeth. Following his birth, the family moved to Elkmont in the eastern mountains of Tennessee. While there, he attended a one-room schoolhouse with one teacher for all 12 grades. After 5 years, the family moved back north to Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, where he was given the nickname “Dixie,” which remained with him his entire life. After Low...

National Gallery of Art acquires 40 works by African American artists from Souls Grown Deep Foundation Mary Lee Bendolph, Blocks and Strips, 2002, wool, cotton, and corduroy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.1 © 2017 Mary Lee Bendolph / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. WASHINGTON, DC .-The National Gallery of Art announced a major acquisition of 40 works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation by 21 African American artists from the southern United States. The acquisition is made possible through the generos...

MARIETTA — For anti-abortion voters, the Jan. 5 runoff elections in Georgia may be the last line of defense against the Democratic pro-choice agenda. That was the message at a ‘Get Out the Pro-Life Vote’ rally held in Marietta on Dec. 19, where speakers called on Republicans to support U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. The rally, organized by Catholic Vote, was held outside of the Planned Parenthood at 220 Cobb Parkway in Marietta. Waving “Vote Pro Life” placards, well over a hundred supporters thronged around a small tent and heard speeches from prominent a...